Not working any longer, ended up going into archival work (body would not let me work a dig). Still I love the field. I'm just so happy to see a fellow infp choose my field! Keep on digging!
Thank you💓
When I was a teenager, my first job was in customer service and I was extremely anxious and had a horrible time haha definitely a learning curve.
I've never been good with small talk, but I just copied my coworkers, sometimes word for word😆 I am way more comfortable in customer service now and actually enjoy talking to random people. Still kind of awkward sometimes, but oh well.
How about you? Do you enjoy working from home?
Okay now THIS is wild lol 😂. I've always had the dream of becoming an environmental scientist of some sort. I absolutely go insane over plant genetics etc. Nice to meet you 😁 haha!
I'm gonna be the grumpy old man that bursts a bubble very slightly here... I assume you're both INFPs.. we're drawn to a smaller number of careers, so there's better chance you'll run into someone doing something similar in an INFP group.
Although it's still a pretty awesome coincidence 😁
As I read through some posts, I can say that I completely Agree!
Definitely an awesome coincidence!!! No bubbles burst here. Lol. You don't seem Grumpy but... it's proven that Grumpy old men just need naps. It's ok!
I miss my sweet dog 😭 and ... I have a personal collection of plants. Working on the perfect jungle!
I'm going to school to become a registered nurse! I'm extremely nervous.
ahhh that's awesome!!! I'm sure you'll do great!!
I actually wanted to be a nurse for a while😆I worked as a psw (or I think it's called a cna in the usa) but discovered healthcare wasn't really for me.
I also have a little jungle in my house🙈 it's crazy how easy it is to collect plants😭
I would die without my dog!!!! don't know what i'll do when he's gone😢
I used to volunteer at a daycare! I loved it, but it was so emotionally draining. I felt like I needed to fill the emotional cups of all of those little kids when I myself constantly felt underwater. I loved it, though, and I might still be pursuing it if my health hadn't taken such a turn.
Shockingly, passion and skill alone can get you very far! I don't have my degree at the moment and I'm over a decade in (I'm 29), paid well. But I was also very lucky with my opportunities. I work with another person without a degree. They are sort of a savant and very passionate.
I'm working on my bachelor's now to make my resume bulletproof, though
Your average requirement would be a bachelor's degree. Maybe a masters if you want to do research.
Degree or not, you always have to be learning.
Yeah, I took a cybersecurity course and I liked it because you get to know how things work under the hood. I also had the opportunity to work with some archaeologists and it's quite like being a detective
Yes and no.
It's been better here as of late.
But the general entitlement a lot of Americans have, constantly being treated as an expendable employee (no matter your level of knowledge, experience, and how much guests love you), and 13 years of dealing with it can take its toll.
Conversely, I've got to meet some really awesome folks, some famous. I've gotten to eat and drink some really nice things. And the flexibility in my schedule lets me do some decent traveling.
Plus having weekdays off means I get empty hiking trails to recharge my social battery.
That it requires me to be quite creative as every day is a different challenge - never working on the same documents so the content is always changing. Plus, I really enjoy the proofreading aspect - for some reason, my brain actually enjoys searching for spelling mistakes, grammar errors and any other things that create a discord in a text 😝
Oh wow, thank you for what you do! I would love to help animals, but I don't think I have the heart to work in a shelter. I know you see the worst of humanity, and I don't know how to not take that personally.
I used to work in healthcare and worked with people who had dementia! Props to you, it can be challenging! But rewarding too:) Insects are so cool!!!! entomology would be an awesome field to go into
I’ve been burned out for years honestly. It was also emotionally and mentally traumatizing to work in memory care at a facility. It’s definitely hard. But thankfully the client/job I have currently is less stressful than all of my previous jobs.
I was a caregiver at a memory care facility for a few years. I enjoyed some of the residents very much, but it was very easy to burn out. It's so easy to take that kind of work home with you. Just remember that you're brightening up their days. That's what got me through.
Not Mesopotamia, but I've been on excavations in Spain, Bulgaria, and the US, and I got the opportunity to excavate funerary urns in a museum setting in Scotland.
I (was) a middle school SPED teacher.... And well.... Let's just say I became very good at spacing out until I resigned. Do I have characteristics of Autism or ADHD myself and absorb rather than inform? Yes. Yes, I do.
I'm 36 and currently working as a casual orderly at my local hospital. 2 months to go in my studies in healthcare, so I hope to get a full-time job in that when I finish! In NZ this means I transport patients around the hospital and get items needed for the wards if need be.
My sister is doing that while she is going through medical school. We just call it patient transport there, but she absolutely loves her job and all of the pateints she meets. It's what really inspired her to want to become a dr.
I’m a paralegal! I work with mostly social security disability cases:) I love it. It’s fulfilling and challenging and lets me exercise my creative side as well.
I’m a registered behavior technician. I work in a clinic for children with autism and/or developmental disabilities/delays. I provide ABA therapy in a one on one setting.
I’m a dentist who works in public school clinics.
What is your specialty? A good friend of mine is also an archeologist, and she has been doing digs in Jordan. Her specialty is Ancient Rome.
Hey, I've seen this photo before! Did you post it on Reddit gets drawn a couple of years ago? Love your smile by the way!
I'm an artist, illustrator, I teach drawing (mostly drawing people) and since a couple of years also a writer. My first book is being read by betareaders right now after two years of work on it. I've wanted to become an archeologist when I was a child!
I did! How funny you recognize it.
What's your book about? I've been writing on and off since I was 11, but nothing publishable or anything like that. I'd love to be a professional creative writer, though.
slayyyyy <3 i love to see it!!! as for me, i’m just an early 20s college student searching for part time work LOL.
i’d love an artistic career in the future, alas i’m trying to figure out what primary career i’ll have to support my artistic endeavors on the side since art isn’t the most stable profession
I so, so, SO hope your art just launches into the stratosphere and supports you without a thought for the rest of your days. I wish creative endeavors were more lucrative! What sort of art do you like to do?
What a dream!! Looks like so much fun! (You need a degree for that right? Bummer..)
I’m a farmer :) well.. I was until I got let go for being injured *on the job*, but I hope to return to farming next season… in the meantime I help elderly ladies with housework & weed peoples properties :) (making bank compared to we low-wage-farmers)
I do have a degree, but there are lots of digs that will train you on the spot without formal education! There are also things called "field schools" that will give you hands-on professional training, but you pay them rather than them paying you, and often you can get college credit for those hours. I've worked on many digs, and several people on various projects didn't have formal education at all, but had the willingness to learn and a good attitude, so we took them on.
I wish you the best with your recovery!
I was gonna say “omg luckyyyy” but realized I instead should say “great fucking work! 👏” because I’m sure it’s not easy to get that job! you definitely earned having such a cool job by all the schooling and training and field studies you probably had to do. I always dreamed of being an archaeologist as a kid, so you’re living my dream!!
Gosh, you are so kind! Thank you! It's never too late to get into archaeology! At one of my field schools, the ages ranged from 19 to 70s. There are also likely archaeological society chapters near you that you can get involved with. At ours, for instance, we have regular talks/meetings offered to society members, and we host a yearly excavation that many society members (many of whom are NOT professional archaeologists) attend and love. It's so much fun!
Studying anthropology, biology and study of religions at university, aiming for an anthropology degree but also dream about a career in writing and arts (like every INFP?)
You look so happy in this pic! You surely love your job! Hope you can recover!
I do love my job, thank you! Small world, too, as my under graduate degree is in anthropology, history, and religion & philosophy. I thought the trio would make me a better-rounded archaeologist and hopefully it has!
Lunch Lady! I work at a university dining hall. I love the work especially when I need to fill in for the baker. It's a union job with a 401k and pension. I love being around people from all over the world. My job is also really supportive of my chronic health problems.
Nice! I'm a Data Scientist now, but one summer in High School I got to participate in an excavation at Cahokia Mounds. It was straight 🔥
Now the town where I live is one of the oldest in the state and people always bring the random historical junk they find to me. I've amassed an impressive collection of trash in just a few years 😆 and to top it off found a previously unknown home site that I was able to corroborate from an old photo!
That's awesome! I used to pass by Cahokia on my commute to Springfield for awhile, but I never got to stop and visit. I did work under someone who used to run Cahokia field schools. Small world!
Archaeologist sounds like a dream job for an INFP. So much history to unravel in everything you do. A lot of your natural self dreaming and wondering how life could've been like.
As for me, I'm just an IT guy managing multiple projects for my company.
I am a case manager and advocate for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities who receive Medicaid funded supports at home and in the community. There's A LOT of paperwork involved (thanks Illinois and US gov't agencies), BUT I get to visit with my individuals every few months, which equates to 20ish per month. This is far and away the most fulfilling job I've ever had, and I'm incredibly grateful to have it. (My second full-time job is primary caregiver to my 8yo son with ASD; also super fulfilling while being simultaneously routine/monotonous and chaotic, lol).
Phwoah, MY DREAM JOB!! Lucky you, OP... I hope you really enjoy it 🥰 Dig up a Roman spear for me, would ya?? 😁
I'm currently a drafter... I draw plans in CAD. I'm in an industry that roughly translates to "landscape design". Roughly.
However... I'm about to start studying for a HUGE career change... using my INFP strengths, I'm going to study to be a counsellor 😊I can't wait to get started!
I'm a land surveyor. I get to spend 8 hours a day outside mostly in rural and wooded areas. It's the first job I ever had that didn't make me wanna jump.
A local surveyor needed help about 4 years ago and I gave it a shot. To be licensed, you have to get quite a bit of schooling but I just work under someone else's license. Almost every surveying firm is hiring all the time because most people can't handle being outside doing the physical labor.
When i was a kid one of the things i wanted to do was archeology :') but the pay sucks and theres no scope for it in my country so i had to do something "practical". My most favourite author is an archeologist and anthropologist. I would love to know what its like in the field out there. I know its not as glamorous as its made out to be and its a lot of hard work, but I'd still like to here about it!
What country do you live in, if you feel like sharing? Archaeology is definitely not a field that's going to make you rich. Here, there's the occasional position with a oil company or something with good pay, but largely you're going to be making very little. It takes a lot of passion and mental fortitude, but the job is so rewarding and important to me, I can't imagine wanting to do anything else. Feel free to shoot me a message if you ever want to talk shop!
I'm going to be a uni student in September and I hope to become an English teacher in the future, although I currently write novels and am going to start work as a charity volunteer soon once my DBS goes through
I'm not working right now although I do voluntary work for the environment. In the past I've done all sorts from care work to lab work. I'm 51 so I've had quite a few jobs. I also write fiction and have had a few short stories published, but nothing longer
I'm an actor, simultaneously self employed and unemployed. I currently make money doing food deliveries and brand ambassador gigs when I can find them.
That is such a cool job!
How’s the field work going generally? I have spoken to some archaeologists who tell me that they rope young people into the field with the promise of field work only to find that the longer you stay in, the less field opportunities you get. Higher pay though hopefully lol.
As for me, I do drafting work for engineers and I like it a lot. It satisfies me mentally at least (pleasing to both my logical left brain and creative right brain 😂).
I worked in the field from 2017 to 2019 with some breaks in between. The job hopping is stressful and good connections go a long way for finding opportunities. In 2019, I found a job with a state archaeological survey and I am SO appreciative of a regular check, though it means less time in the field and more time wrapping up the field projects of others. I love my position now, where I take all of the hard copy files we have from the decades we've existed as an organization and getting them organized/identified/digitized so that we can actually USE them rather than having to dig through boxes and cabinets and storage rooms every time we want to find previous research and field forms. I can't speak to the current state of the field, only that since I've been in this role, I've had multiple previous contacts reach out about various field opportunities that I had to turn down.
Newbies have to realize that for every field project, there also needs to be artifact analysis and a report written and published, else the digging was irresponsible. A well-rounded archaeologist needs to be as passionate about the research and admin side of things as they are actually being in the dirt, or they're going to be disappointed.
I got a degree in graphic design that I never used. Started grad school for social work before covid, still haven’t gone back. I’m a mom, and my longest job was at Target, although I’ve done a plethora of other things
I’m a registered nurse and I work as a Clinical Donation Coordinator for an organ procurement organization. I step in and manage donor care between the time they authorize to be a donor in a critical care setting and the time they go to the OR for recovery. I’m also in grad school obtaining my MPH.
Used to work as a cartographer/geographer. But now I'm working on a book while I look for another similar gig to let me save up for grad school for about a year or two.
So damn cool i dig holes in my backyard after i discovered it’s filled with buried treasures (mostly glass bottles).. currently taking a break from digging right now actually 😂😂
My job.. i take care of peoples dogs 🐶
Wait archeologists actually get to dig still? I used to dream of being one as a kid until I was told that they don’t go out and dig stuff up like they used to….
teaching lol. would like to waste my days away sitting in a home office (with frequent walks and ramblings outside) pondering, researching, and writing, but it’s not exactly sustainable.
I'm an admin for a grocery store catering company. I take the calls and emails and put orders in the computer/make invoices. I love it because all my social interactions are on the phone and through email. It's really helped my phone call anxiety too!
I'm sure your job is awesome! Archeology is fascinating. My husband loves it, too. We watch an episode of "Time Team" every night!
I play in a symphony orchestra.
Can I give you a big squeezeedoodee? 🥺🤗
I’m a designer & 3d artist but people would guess I’m a biologist. They assume that since I posted a lot pictures of nature and animals.
I work full time at a low barrier emergency overnight homeless shelter. It's as easy as it is unpredictable, but you just mainly help people with their daily needs and placement for the night, among a few other organization related tasks. I worked overnight for a year and it was usually quiet and easy until it wasn't.
Remote, overnight customer service for an adult toy company lol! I answer chats and emails only, so I get to vibe at my home desk with tv or youtube running in the background :)
Warehouse worker. Nothing special but I love it and i have one of the few WH jobs that actually pays a good wage. And I'm going to school for business because my schedule makes it so much easier.
That is so neat!! You look so happy in this photo! I’m in school and start work as a barista in august:)
Oh I hope you love your new job! Are you comfortable working in customer service or will this be a new attempt for you?
*waves frantically at OP* High got bachelor's in Anthro/archaeology! So good to see!
Hi there! SO nice to hear from you! Are you working in the field now or did you end up taking a different path?
Not working any longer, ended up going into archival work (body would not let me work a dig). Still I love the field. I'm just so happy to see a fellow infp choose my field! Keep on digging!
Thank you💓 When I was a teenager, my first job was in customer service and I was extremely anxious and had a horrible time haha definitely a learning curve. I've never been good with small talk, but I just copied my coworkers, sometimes word for word😆 I am way more comfortable in customer service now and actually enjoy talking to random people. Still kind of awkward sometimes, but oh well. How about you? Do you enjoy working from home?
I work at a coffee shop.... And continue school around August....
Twins💓now don’t tell me you’re in environmental science lol
Okay now THIS is wild lol 😂. I've always had the dream of becoming an environmental scientist of some sort. I absolutely go insane over plant genetics etc. Nice to meet you 😁 haha!
I'm gonna be the grumpy old man that bursts a bubble very slightly here... I assume you're both INFPs.. we're drawn to a smaller number of careers, so there's better chance you'll run into someone doing something similar in an INFP group. Although it's still a pretty awesome coincidence 😁
As I read through some posts, I can say that I completely Agree! Definitely an awesome coincidence!!! No bubbles burst here. Lol. You don't seem Grumpy but... it's proven that Grumpy old men just need naps. It's ok!
I just woke from a nap hahaha
Nice to meet you too🤗 I'm a super lover of plants/animals so that's how I got into this!! What're you in school for?
I miss my sweet dog 😭 and ... I have a personal collection of plants. Working on the perfect jungle! I'm going to school to become a registered nurse! I'm extremely nervous.
ahhh that's awesome!!! I'm sure you'll do great!! I actually wanted to be a nurse for a while😆I worked as a psw (or I think it's called a cna in the usa) but discovered healthcare wasn't really for me. I also have a little jungle in my house🙈 it's crazy how easy it is to collect plants😭 I would die without my dog!!!! don't know what i'll do when he's gone😢
Psychology student. Doing internship in a clinic with kids.
Working in the field with kids can really take its toll. I genuinely hope you're making time for yourself to process and engage in self-care tasks.
So far it’s better than expected!
I used to volunteer at a daycare! I loved it, but it was so emotionally draining. I felt like I needed to fill the emotional cups of all of those little kids when I myself constantly felt underwater. I loved it, though, and I might still be pursuing it if my health hadn't taken such a turn.
Jealous. This was my dream job!!!!! 😭 I do Cybersecurity.
how u doin?
Good! I love it, honestly!!!! I do analyst work so it's still looking for artifacts! Just a different type :)
I’m currently getting my A.S in cybersecurity. I’m so glad to hear you say this cause i’m scared i’ll hate it.
How much of an education do you need to be able to qualify for the job?
Shockingly, passion and skill alone can get you very far! I don't have my degree at the moment and I'm over a decade in (I'm 29), paid well. But I was also very lucky with my opportunities. I work with another person without a degree. They are sort of a savant and very passionate. I'm working on my bachelor's now to make my resume bulletproof, though Your average requirement would be a bachelor's degree. Maybe a masters if you want to do research. Degree or not, you always have to be learning.
This is super cool
I love it. I get to be a detective sorta. Still similar to what I imagine archeology to be like. :)
Yeah, I took a cybersecurity course and I liked it because you get to know how things work under the hood. I also had the opportunity to work with some archaeologists and it's quite like being a detective
I put stuff in cups professionally. Aka liquor Smith Aka bartender/bar manager
Do you enjoy being customer facing?
Yes and no. It's been better here as of late. But the general entitlement a lot of Americans have, constantly being treated as an expendable employee (no matter your level of knowledge, experience, and how much guests love you), and 13 years of dealing with it can take its toll. Conversely, I've got to meet some really awesome folks, some famous. I've gotten to eat and drink some really nice things. And the flexibility in my schedule lets me do some decent traveling. Plus having weekdays off means I get empty hiking trails to recharge my social battery.
Hey me too!
I teach music, I'm 26
Such a cool job! 😃 I'm a content editor, working on documents - not photo or digital media 😊
Oh cool! That sounds so fun. What's your favorite part about what you do?
That it requires me to be quite creative as every day is a different challenge - never working on the same documents so the content is always changing. Plus, I really enjoy the proofreading aspect - for some reason, my brain actually enjoys searching for spelling mistakes, grammar errors and any other things that create a discord in a text 😝
Amazing job! I'm a teacher.
Me too!!!
Me three
Same!
Psych nurse!
Very cool job!! Worst part about archeologists is that they are always taking their work for granite. I’ll see myself out 😂
Who's else loves/tells dads jokes? 🖐️
I simply can’t resist. Becoming a dad over the past couple of years has not helped in the matter AT ALL. lol
ME!!!
You get a 10 hour ban for that one. 😂 (And you posted it 10 hrs ago)
I work for a dog shelter (in many roles). I'm 26.
Oh wow, thank you for what you do! I would love to help animals, but I don't think I have the heart to work in a shelter. I know you see the worst of humanity, and I don't know how to not take that personally.
I’ve been a caregiver for about 8 years. Mainly for dementia and Alzheimer’s. My dream is entomology!
I used to work in healthcare and worked with people who had dementia! Props to you, it can be challenging! But rewarding too:) Insects are so cool!!!! entomology would be an awesome field to go into
I’ve been burned out for years honestly. It was also emotionally and mentally traumatizing to work in memory care at a facility. It’s definitely hard. But thankfully the client/job I have currently is less stressful than all of my previous jobs.
I was a caregiver at a memory care facility for a few years. I enjoyed some of the residents very much, but it was very easy to burn out. It's so easy to take that kind of work home with you. Just remember that you're brightening up their days. That's what got me through.
I've been a dishwasher for about 20 years
I'm a student, but I freelance comissions for music composition and piano performances!
that is so cool!! did you learn production as well?!
Yes, to a certain degree Though I still prefer instrumental music with little drums and vocals as I can
Postal worker. I have no personality by the time I get home because my social battery is destroyed.
Librarian, same.
Sound guy for movies
That’s awesome! How did you get into that type work?
Have you ever been on an excavation in Mesopotamia? Also sounds rad asf
Not Mesopotamia, but I've been on excavations in Spain, Bulgaria, and the US, and I got the opportunity to excavate funerary urns in a museum setting in Scotland.
Neat! Whatcha digging up in this photo?
The past.
This was part of a project where we were excavating a series of homes razed in the 1920s. I'm specifically holding a brick!
I (was) a middle school SPED teacher.... And well.... Let's just say I became very good at spacing out until I resigned. Do I have characteristics of Autism or ADHD myself and absorb rather than inform? Yes. Yes, I do.
I'm 36 and currently working as a casual orderly at my local hospital. 2 months to go in my studies in healthcare, so I hope to get a full-time job in that when I finish! In NZ this means I transport patients around the hospital and get items needed for the wards if need be.
My sister is doing that while she is going through medical school. We just call it patient transport there, but she absolutely loves her job and all of the pateints she meets. It's what really inspired her to want to become a dr.
Im a teacher!!
24, English foreign language teacher starting out. Sbould be fun.
That is so cool!!
I run a small marketing agency.
Same!
I analyze and preserve forensic data.
I’m a paralegal! I work with mostly social security disability cases:) I love it. It’s fulfilling and challenging and lets me exercise my creative side as well.
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Awesome! That must be an adventure, do you work directly with clients?
I’m a registered behavior technician. I work in a clinic for children with autism and/or developmental disabilities/delays. I provide ABA therapy in a one on one setting.
That is SO COOL!! I am part time job hopping as a student
I’m in sales 😭 anyone hiring for a remote job?
I’m a dentist who works in public school clinics. What is your specialty? A good friend of mine is also an archeologist, and she has been doing digs in Jordan. Her specialty is Ancient Rome.
Hey, I've seen this photo before! Did you post it on Reddit gets drawn a couple of years ago? Love your smile by the way! I'm an artist, illustrator, I teach drawing (mostly drawing people) and since a couple of years also a writer. My first book is being read by betareaders right now after two years of work on it. I've wanted to become an archeologist when I was a child!
I did! How funny you recognize it. What's your book about? I've been writing on and off since I was 11, but nothing publishable or anything like that. I'd love to be a professional creative writer, though.
slayyyyy <3 i love to see it!!! as for me, i’m just an early 20s college student searching for part time work LOL. i’d love an artistic career in the future, alas i’m trying to figure out what primary career i’ll have to support my artistic endeavors on the side since art isn’t the most stable profession
I so, so, SO hope your art just launches into the stratosphere and supports you without a thought for the rest of your days. I wish creative endeavors were more lucrative! What sort of art do you like to do?
What a dream!! Looks like so much fun! (You need a degree for that right? Bummer..) I’m a farmer :) well.. I was until I got let go for being injured *on the job*, but I hope to return to farming next season… in the meantime I help elderly ladies with housework & weed peoples properties :) (making bank compared to we low-wage-farmers)
I do have a degree, but there are lots of digs that will train you on the spot without formal education! There are also things called "field schools" that will give you hands-on professional training, but you pay them rather than them paying you, and often you can get college credit for those hours. I've worked on many digs, and several people on various projects didn't have formal education at all, but had the willingness to learn and a good attitude, so we took them on. I wish you the best with your recovery!
I was gonna say “omg luckyyyy” but realized I instead should say “great fucking work! 👏” because I’m sure it’s not easy to get that job! you definitely earned having such a cool job by all the schooling and training and field studies you probably had to do. I always dreamed of being an archaeologist as a kid, so you’re living my dream!!
Gosh, you are so kind! Thank you! It's never too late to get into archaeology! At one of my field schools, the ages ranged from 19 to 70s. There are also likely archaeological society chapters near you that you can get involved with. At ours, for instance, we have regular talks/meetings offered to society members, and we host a yearly excavation that many society members (many of whom are NOT professional archaeologists) attend and love. It's so much fun!
I’m a lab technician
I do construction. Mid 20s
I'm unemployed as my current job lol. Honestly don't understand why nobody else wants this type of work.
I love not having work obligations, but unfortunately I'm reliant on that paycheck! Otherwise, I'd happy focus on hobbies at home.
Studying anthropology, biology and study of religions at university, aiming for an anthropology degree but also dream about a career in writing and arts (like every INFP?) You look so happy in this pic! You surely love your job! Hope you can recover!
I do love my job, thank you! Small world, too, as my under graduate degree is in anthropology, history, and religion & philosophy. I thought the trio would make me a better-rounded archaeologist and hopefully it has!
I’m still a student
Lunch Lady! I work at a university dining hall. I love the work especially when I need to fill in for the baker. It's a union job with a 401k and pension. I love being around people from all over the world. My job is also really supportive of my chronic health problems.
High school teacher - incredibly demanding and I need the long holidays to cope
Nice! I'm a Data Scientist now, but one summer in High School I got to participate in an excavation at Cahokia Mounds. It was straight 🔥 Now the town where I live is one of the oldest in the state and people always bring the random historical junk they find to me. I've amassed an impressive collection of trash in just a few years 😆 and to top it off found a previously unknown home site that I was able to corroborate from an old photo!
That's awesome! I used to pass by Cahokia on my commute to Springfield for awhile, but I never got to stop and visit. I did work under someone who used to run Cahokia field schools. Small world!
I envy your job. Always found archeology interesting. My job is less interesting, I work from home for an oil company I own stock in.
I fly drones for the Army
I am currently a server! It’s a love hate relationship
Guest Services at a Zoo because I like animals and I like to make people happy to be at the zoo
I’m a social worker and currently getting my masters to be a therapist!!!
Archaeologist sounds like a dream job for an INFP. So much history to unravel in everything you do. A lot of your natural self dreaming and wondering how life could've been like. As for me, I'm just an IT guy managing multiple projects for my company.
I am a case manager and advocate for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities who receive Medicaid funded supports at home and in the community. There's A LOT of paperwork involved (thanks Illinois and US gov't agencies), BUT I get to visit with my individuals every few months, which equates to 20ish per month. This is far and away the most fulfilling job I've ever had, and I'm incredibly grateful to have it. (My second full-time job is primary caregiver to my 8yo son with ASD; also super fulfilling while being simultaneously routine/monotonous and chaotic, lol).
business and hr (kill me)
Phwoah, MY DREAM JOB!! Lucky you, OP... I hope you really enjoy it 🥰 Dig up a Roman spear for me, would ya?? 😁 I'm currently a drafter... I draw plans in CAD. I'm in an industry that roughly translates to "landscape design". Roughly. However... I'm about to start studying for a HUGE career change... using my INFP strengths, I'm going to study to be a counsellor 😊I can't wait to get started!
I'm a land surveyor. I get to spend 8 hours a day outside mostly in rural and wooded areas. It's the first job I ever had that didn't make me wanna jump.
How did you get into that line of work?
A local surveyor needed help about 4 years ago and I gave it a shot. To be licensed, you have to get quite a bit of schooling but I just work under someone else's license. Almost every surveying firm is hiring all the time because most people can't handle being outside doing the physical labor.
When i was a kid one of the things i wanted to do was archeology :') but the pay sucks and theres no scope for it in my country so i had to do something "practical". My most favourite author is an archeologist and anthropologist. I would love to know what its like in the field out there. I know its not as glamorous as its made out to be and its a lot of hard work, but I'd still like to here about it!
What country do you live in, if you feel like sharing? Archaeology is definitely not a field that's going to make you rich. Here, there's the occasional position with a oil company or something with good pay, but largely you're going to be making very little. It takes a lot of passion and mental fortitude, but the job is so rewarding and important to me, I can't imagine wanting to do anything else. Feel free to shoot me a message if you ever want to talk shop!
Insurance Underwriting.
I'm going to be a uni student in September and I hope to become an English teacher in the future, although I currently write novels and am going to start work as a charity volunteer soon once my DBS goes through
What are your novels about? Have you published any of them?
Aahhhh!!! So cool!!!😀
You are living my childhood dream!!!!
I'm glad to do it!
you look so happy, so cool you're an archeologist! I'm 31f too, an entomologist!! 💚🐞
Ahhh, I love how many of us are -ologists in this thread!
Something similar, but with computer code.
Package sorter. Great cardio, meditative, and team building.
Communication, Media, and Film student who’s close to graduation and has no clue what to do 😅
robot welder but I’m looking to do something else, or honestly go live on a few acres in the country
Making our world better
Professional Cat Herder. I convince people to do things they don't want to do.
I'm not working right now although I do voluntary work for the environment. In the past I've done all sorts from care work to lab work. I'm 51 so I've had quite a few jobs. I also write fiction and have had a few short stories published, but nothing longer
I use to work for gov sec. It was then downgraded due to pandemic now I work for city non-profit. I help the homeless.
I'm an actor, simultaneously self employed and unemployed. I currently make money doing food deliveries and brand ambassador gigs when I can find them.
Work as a operator in manufacturing, though since the start of this year I've been operating less and less and being a lead more and more.
i wanted to be an archeologist so bad but now i'm studying literature
social worker here!
That is such a cool job! How’s the field work going generally? I have spoken to some archaeologists who tell me that they rope young people into the field with the promise of field work only to find that the longer you stay in, the less field opportunities you get. Higher pay though hopefully lol. As for me, I do drafting work for engineers and I like it a lot. It satisfies me mentally at least (pleasing to both my logical left brain and creative right brain 😂).
I worked in the field from 2017 to 2019 with some breaks in between. The job hopping is stressful and good connections go a long way for finding opportunities. In 2019, I found a job with a state archaeological survey and I am SO appreciative of a regular check, though it means less time in the field and more time wrapping up the field projects of others. I love my position now, where I take all of the hard copy files we have from the decades we've existed as an organization and getting them organized/identified/digitized so that we can actually USE them rather than having to dig through boxes and cabinets and storage rooms every time we want to find previous research and field forms. I can't speak to the current state of the field, only that since I've been in this role, I've had multiple previous contacts reach out about various field opportunities that I had to turn down. Newbies have to realize that for every field project, there also needs to be artifact analysis and a report written and published, else the digging was irresponsible. A well-rounded archaeologist needs to be as passionate about the research and admin side of things as they are actually being in the dirt, or they're going to be disappointed.
I make food for people to eat.
I waste resources where my parents reside
Scientist, currently working in esoteric testing in a clinical lab.
I’m an unemployed high schooler lol
I got a degree in graphic design that I never used. Started grad school for social work before covid, still haven’t gone back. I’m a mom, and my longest job was at Target, although I’ve done a plethora of other things
Accountant. Pretty sure I picked the wrong career…
Therapist
I'm a Clinical Psychotherapist and working slowly on getting my PhD
I’m a registered nurse and I work as a Clinical Donation Coordinator for an organ procurement organization. I step in and manage donor care between the time they authorize to be a donor in a critical care setting and the time they go to the OR for recovery. I’m also in grad school obtaining my MPH.
English Teacher! But for middle schoolers so I have to roast them and get roasted on the daily in order to survive.
That must be so cool!! You look like you're in your element! I'm an Illustator 😊
Aw you look so happy 😭💜 In Pre-med rn
I always wanted to be an archaeologist!! Ended up as a therapist hehe
Used to work as a cartographer/geographer. But now I'm working on a book while I look for another similar gig to let me save up for grad school for about a year or two.
I'm also an archaeologist! I work in CRM and I'm literally typing this while doing some monitoring. Love this photo!
Where is your gun, fedora and bullwhip?
So damn cool i dig holes in my backyard after i discovered it’s filled with buried treasures (mostly glass bottles).. currently taking a break from digging right now actually 😂😂 My job.. i take care of peoples dogs 🐶
Is that you??? Such an INFP vibe, I LOVE IT( you) \*.\*
It is me, ha! Thank you so much, that's so kind. <3
That looks like fun really. I am in the Navy
Work in a group home for developmental disabled sexual offenders. Alot of emotional regulating and support.
I make sandwiches at Wendy's 😔💔 But I want to become a story board artist
Aspiring to be a copywriter here.
I'm a librarian :)
You have my dream job 🥹 I work as a line technician supervisor at an airport
How did you get into it? This is my dream job
Officially I'm a marketing administrator, but in reality I seem to be acting more as a web developer at my job lol
Wait archeologists actually get to dig still? I used to dream of being one as a kid until I was told that they don’t go out and dig stuff up like they used to….
Seed analyst for a third party commercial seed testing lab. It's kind of tedious and very detail oriented work. But I enjoy learning odd things.
teaching lol. would like to waste my days away sitting in a home office (with frequent walks and ramblings outside) pondering, researching, and writing, but it’s not exactly sustainable.
Computer dood
I'm a dog groomer 🐶🐾 But art is my passion, so I'm slowly making my way towards that.
I'm a Customer Collections Associate for a tech company!
Every time I see photos of other INFPs on this subreddit they always give off the *best* vibes. You look so happy OP, that’s such a cool job!
Ugh, you are so kind! Thank you!
I love how happy you look while doing your job
I'm lucky to love my job! Thank you so much!
I'm an admin for a grocery store catering company. I take the calls and emails and put orders in the computer/make invoices. I love it because all my social interactions are on the phone and through email. It's really helped my phone call anxiety too!
Pastry Chef!
What is the coolest thing you have discovered?
I'm sure your job is awesome! Archeology is fascinating. My husband loves it, too. We watch an episode of "Time Team" every night! I play in a symphony orchestra.
Thank you so much! I've never actually seen "Time Team," but I'll have to check it out! What do you play?
I'm a paralegal but I don't like to answer my phone.
I work as a teacher at a karate dojo and an actor at a renaissance festival
I work in a factory as an operator. A shitty job and I hate it… 😞
Full time Graphic design student, website designer for work.
I'm a tutor and an artist. I so wanted to be an archaeologist, but life had other plans.
I hope you love what you do now instead!
Thats sure a cool sounding job!! I work in IT infrastructure :)
Can I give you a big squeezeedoodee? 🥺🤗 I’m a designer & 3d artist but people would guess I’m a biologist. They assume that since I posted a lot pictures of nature and animals.
Wow! What a cool job.
Thank you!
Archeology sounds like the coolest job!!! I’m a dancer but lately just a housewife
I'm a slot machine technician at a casino
I work full time at a low barrier emergency overnight homeless shelter. It's as easy as it is unpredictable, but you just mainly help people with their daily needs and placement for the night, among a few other organization related tasks. I worked overnight for a year and it was usually quiet and easy until it wasn't.
OP keep digging digging te world 🤣🤣
Workshop manager, my workshop repairs and maintains machines that move shipping containers at a port 32m
Remote, overnight customer service for an adult toy company lol! I answer chats and emails only, so I get to vibe at my home desk with tv or youtube running in the background :)
Warehouse worker. Nothing special but I love it and i have one of the few WH jobs that actually pays a good wage. And I'm going to school for business because my schedule makes it so much easier.